Unnoble

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not of noble rank. dated

    "Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants."

  2. 2
    Not noble; ignoble; base.
  3. 3
    Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.

    "unnoble metal"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make (someone or something) no longer noble transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- + noble.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- + noble.

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